Season opener gets record rating

PHL17 said that last night’s 2013 season opener against the Braves in Atlanta achieved a record-breaking household rating for an Opening Day, regular-season telecast.

In Nielsen ratings, last night’s game averaged an 11.5 household rating, which is the highest Opening Day rating in the last 17 years. The broadcast was also the No. 1 rated program in the Philadelphia market. Throughout each quarter hour of the broadcast, an average of 339,170 homes tuned in.

The Phillies are off today, but play the Braves on Wednesday at 7:10 on PHL17.